Lcdr E. John Miranne, Jr., Usn (Ret)

LCDR E. John Miranne, Jr., age 89, beloved husband and father, peacefully passed away of natural causes at his home in Algiers on Friday, May 29, 2020. Known to his friends as “Johnny”, he was a native of New Orleans and resident of Algiers for the past 53 years. He was the beloved husband of Bernice Marie Daussin for 64 years and is preceded in death by his parents, Ernest John Miranne, Sr. and Lorena Myhand Miranne, sisters Yvonne Murphy, JoAnn Gorbach, Jane Strauch, and Rosemary Habersaat. He was the proud father of seven children: Julie Broussard (Vernon), Renee Martinez (Earl “Tibby”), Marcelle Miller (Bobby James), Dr. Marguerite Rosales, Marc (Jeanne Duplantis), Jeanne Metzger (Phil), and Paul. Johnny was also blessed with 14 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren.

Johnny attended school at St. Rose de Lima and was a graduate of St. Aloysius High School class of 1947. He then attended Tulane University on a Navy ROTC scholarship, graduating with a BA in economics in 1954. Johnny entered the U.S. Navy as an Ensign in the same year, and in 1957, he earned his wings as a naval aviator in Pensacola, Florida as a Lieutenant JG.

As a Lieutenant, Johnny had the honor of serving in legendary Navy Airborne Early Warning Squadron Four (VW-4), the “Hurricane Hunters”, in Jacksonville, Florida for part of his Naval service, and served during the transition of visual hurricane reconnaissance to radar reconnaissance using the Lockheed EC-121Warning Star Super Constellation aircraft. In late 1959, he then served as a ground school instructor at NAS Saufley Field in Pensacola, Florida until leaving the Navy in 1963. In 1964 he enlisted in the U.S. Navy Reserve as a Lieutenant Commander and continued his education by earning an MBA from LSU in 1965. In 1966, he flew transport missions to DeNang, Vietnam in support of the Vietnam War effort.

As a civilian, Johnny entered the burgeoning computer industry working for Continental Oil Company (CONOCO) in their central computer department as an electronic data programmer and systems analyst. In the years to follow, he was primarily employed in selling mainframe computers (Burroughs Corporation, Control Data, Honeywell, General Automation) and array processors (Star Technologies, and Floating Point Systems). Johnny continued his education by earning a Master of Science degree in accounting from the University of New Orleans in 1977. Following his employment in the private sector, Johnny worked for 22 years in the USDA National Finance Center until his retirement in 2006.

Johnny was a parishioner of both St. Andrew the Apostle (Algiers) and the St. Louis Cathedral, where he served for many years as an usher and Eucharistic minister. Having little time for hobbies with seven children, he loved to work in the yard and displayed there a “green thumb” that he seemed to have inherited from his mother. His greatest talent, however, was as a consummate “people person”: He made many friends at work and in his personal life that he continued to cherish long after they were gone.

A celebration of Johnny’s life will be held at a private memorial mass, which will be held at St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church in Algiers. Johnny will be laid to rest at Barrancas National Cemetery, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, at a later date. Details will be announced for those wishing to attend. Condolences and tributes can be posted at www.mothefunerals.com/obituaries/ . In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church or the National WWII Museum, New Orleans.